February 1st, 2010
This weekend I remembered some posts I had read about turning your Macbook into an eBook reader. Here they are:
The reason I was thinking of them is because I’m looking forward to getting an iPad and I’m investigating how it would look and feel by looking at my notebook of similar size and doing whatever I can to see what this device might be like.
Well, let me tell you, trying the techniques in the links above really brought it home for me. The iPad is like no other device you have used. Sure it’s like an iPhone, but the bigger screen makes it a completely different device. Turn your Macbook sideways so your screen is in your lap and the keyboard is off to your right and imagine the keyboard is not there. The screen is just begging to be touched and interacted with like a real physical thing. Using a keyboard and mouse is an indirect method of interaction. It’s like telling someone else to grab an object and do something with it. Using a large touch screen is a direct experience. You get the hold the ball in your own hands.
I’m very excited about writing software for the iPad and can’t wait to get my hands on one. An iPad version of Numerology will be in the store from day 1 and I’m investigating other ideas.
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January 26th, 2010
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December 19th, 2009
Apple quickly approved Numerology 1.8 and it is now available in the app store. The push of this version is Facebook integration. You can import your Facebook friends and you can post reports to your Facebook wall. Some other changes are:
- New look
- Bug fixed with master number calculations
- Forecast date shown on forecast views
- alternate names are shown for the different numbers
- How a number is calculated is displayed in the reports
- The forecast date will automatically be set to today if you haven’t been there in a day.
- Fixed bug where when you created a new profile, selecting a picture would wipe out the name and birth date.
- Fixed a bug that caused a crash on launch caused by a profile being deleted.
That’s it. I hope you enjoy it.
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December 15th, 2009
I think one of the best partnerships you can have for a indie development shop is a developer and a good UI designer. By designer I mean someone who knows their way around Photoshop and Illustrator and is familiar with user interface guidelines on the Mac and iPhone. Ideally they would have done some development themselves.
With that in mind, if you’re a user interface designer in the Salt Lake City area and interested in partnering for some iPhone and/or Mac OS X apps then send me an email. I’d be interested in exploring how we might work together.
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December 14th, 2009
Numerology 1.8 and Numerology Lite 1.4 have just been submitted to the app store. The main new feature here is Facebook integration. The price is going to be raised to $4.99 so if you plan on buying Numerology, but it now and save a buck. More details once the app is approved.
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December 8th, 2009
I love the Mac Indie community. As a thank you, I would like to give a free copy of Packrat to any Mac indie developer who would like one. Just email me the link to your website where your software is on display and I’ll send you a coupon.
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December 2nd, 2009
I just discovered twitterfeed.com so I can post to the blog and update twitter at the same time.
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October 16th, 2009
In this ever increasing web accessible world, does Packrat and other offline desktop web app clients still make sense? I like to know what you think on this as well.
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October 16th, 2009
I’m thinking of writing a web app that would work with Numerology. One could use the web app on the desktop for easier data entry and a larger screen and the iPhone app would sync up with it.
I’d love to get some feedback on this idea. What do you think?
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